THE future looks bright for well bred four-year-old mare Fairy Feet that made it consecutive wins when she powered home to take out the Jeremy Rockliff MP Maiden/Class One handicap over 1620 metres at The TOTE Racing Centre in Launceston on Wednesday night.
With in-form apprentice Rasit Yetimova in the saddle, Fairy Feet lived up to her name by unleashing a sharp sprint approaching the home turn to collar the leaders and then go on and score by almost two lengths from Serpent’s View that hit the line a head clear of Mary’s Cinder.
The Gary White-trained mare is raced by a syndicate that acquired the horse from Victorian trainers Cindy and Colin Alderson.
“The owners purchased a horse from Cindy (Alderson) but things didn’t work out so she said she would send them (owners) a replacement at no additional cost,” White said.
“To her word she sent Fairy Feet and that shows the integrity of the person and these owners are rapt with this mare.”
“I thought Rasit (Yetimova) rode her well. He had a plan B and used it when the original plan wasn’t working and we’ve got the desired result,” he said.
Fairy Feet is by Lago Delight from the Straight Strike mare Leta’s Joy that had only four starts but was a Group 2 winner in New Zealand.
Fairy Feet won at her previous start b y a narrow margin over stablemate Whoforgot Derboots but this latest triumph was more impressive.
“I’ll tip her out for a couple of weeks and then see where we are at but while she’s enjoying her racing we’ll most likely push on, he said.
It was the first leg of a winning double for White who also prepared well-=bred four-year-old Delago Wood to score a convincing win in the Tasmanian Hospitality Association 3YO and Upward Maiden Plate over 1420m.
Delago Wood (Stephen Maskiell) tracked the leaders to the home turn before unleashing a powerful sprint in the home straight.
The gelded son of Delago Brom collared race leader Fiftyfourknots about 200 metres from home and while the leader fought hard White’s charge was too strong and hit the line a length clear.
It was only Delago Wood’s second start this campaign and White is confident there are more wins in store this preparation.
“Ronan Keogh rode this horse last start and when he got off he said put him straight into a 1400-metre race with the blinkers on and he should just win so he’s a good judge,” White said.
Keogh unfortunately suffered a badly broken right leg as a result of a mishap in the barrier stalls in Launceston two weeks ago.
Keogh is recuperating from an operation to repair the multiple breaks but he could be out of action for a few months.